The Best Manicures and Nail Art at NYFW Fall 2017

Whoever said nail art is dead sure didn't venture backstage at NYFW this season. Amidst all the chaos, nail artists sat crouched and hidden on the floor, hand-painting complicated shapes, mapping out graphic designs, and going wild with metallics—proving to everyone how they earned their name.

An Allure Best of Beauty winner—Smith & Cult nail polish in Ghost Edit—made an appearance backstage at Ulla Johnson. Manicurist Jessica Tong used it to create a "reverse French" by painting it all over nail, then covering the halfmoon of the nail in gold glitter polish.

This cool, grayish-taupe tone is brand new shade from Jin Soon Choi's line of polishes (it will be out in the fall). Choi painted it on just the top halves of the nails at Prabal Gurung, but we'll be wearing it all over as our go-to manicure shade come September.

We saw everything but the kitchen sink on the nails at Libertine (threads, beads, crystals, feathers, chains, yarn, you name it). And while we'd never wear these IRL, they're fun to oogle at regardless.